Bankers Petroleum announces new appointments

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nCALGARY, Jan. 29 /CNW/ - Bankers Petroleum Ltd. (TSX: BNK, AIM: BNK) is\npleased to announce the appointment of Abdel F. (Abby) Badwi as Chief\nExecutive Officer, Douglas C. Urch as Vice President, Finance and Chief\nFinancial Officer and Ian McMurtrie as Vice President, Exploration effective\nimmediately.\n\n\nMr. Badwi was appointed to the Board of Directors of Bankers on\nNovember 2, 2007. Mr. Richard Wadsworth will continue as President and Chief\nOperating Officer. With Mr. Urch's appointment, Mr. Juneyt Tirmandi has\nstepped down from the position of Chief Financial Officer and will continue as\nFinancial Advisor.\n\n\n"On behalf of the Company and the Board, I would like to welcome Mr. Urch\nand Mr. McMurtrie to Bankers, who will provide additional strength to the\nteam, and thank Mr. Tirmandi for his contribution during his time at Bankers,"\nsaid Bob Cross, Chairman. "Juneyt was instrumental in improving the\nprofessional standards of the finance role at the Company, and we look forward\nto his continued involvement and commitment in his new role as Financial\nAdvisor."\n\n\n ---------\n\n\nDouglas C. Urch, B. Comm., CMA\n\n\nMr. Urch has over 25 years of oil and gas industry experience. From\nSeptember 2000 until January 2008, he was Vice President, Finance and Chief\nFinancial Officer of Rally Energy Corp. and its subsidiaries. Prior to this\ntime, Mr. Urch provided financial management services for a variety of public\nand private companies. He was Chief Financial Officer, Controller and\nCorporate Secretary of Barrington Petroleum Ltd. from 1991 to 1993 and\nController at Ryerson Oil and Gas Limited from 1983 to 1991. Mr. Urch is\ncurrently a Director and President of Perpetual Ventures Inc., a Director and\nChief Financial Officer of L1 Capital Corp., Chief Financial Officer of\nSunshine Oilsands Ltd. and Mohave Exploration & Production Inc., all of which\nare private companies. He was a Director and Chief Financial Officer of\nPayLinx Financial Corp., a TSXV listed company from May 2004 to June 2007. Mr.\nUrch is 49 years of age.\n\n\nMr. Urch holds one million common shares, one million share purchase\nwarrants of the Company and one million two hundred thousand stock options\nsubject to TSX approval. He also holds an additional two hundred thousand\ncommon shares and two hundred t...

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